pompous
adjective
characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance.
pompously
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a word derived from
pompous.
Example Sentences
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And the first reason is the announcement of the justice’s forthcoming memoir, which is pompously titled So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2026
For all his purported devotion to sameness, at the top of this season Laszlo pompously announced that he forbade Nadja from getting a job and having regular contact with the world.
From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2024
Kelsey Grammer returns to the boards as the pompously verbose but insecure psychiatrist from “Cheers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
Needless to say, Eliot’s later ruminations as a public intellectual, though sometimes pompously expressed, remain touchstones of traditional conservative thought.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2022
“Hermione, a wizard in Mr. Crouch’s position can’t afford a house-elf who’s going to run amok with a wand!” said Percy pompously, recovering himself.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
